Hobson City vs Ohatchee

A side-by-side comparison of Hobson City and Ohatchee: population, income, housing, and more.

Hobson City and Ohatchee are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ohatchee has the higher population (1,043 vs 962 in Hobson City). Ohatchee has the higher median household income ($71,364 vs $35,769 in Hobson City). Ohatchee has the higher median home value ($191,000 vs $100,000 in Hobson City).

Population, income & housing

	Hobson City	Ohatchee
Population	962	1,043
Median age	36.0 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$35,769	$71,364
Median home value	$100,000	$191,000
Median gross rent	$407	$845
Housing units	421	556
Homeownership rate	61.5%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hobson City	Ohatchee
Population	755 → 962 (+27.4%)	1,410 → 1,043 (-26.0%)
Median household income	$34,286 → $35,769 (+4.3%)	$53,277 → $71,364 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $100,000 (+9.4%)	$135,400 → $191,000 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $407 (-43.2%)	$915 → $845 (-7.7%)

Hobson City

Population

755962

Median household income

$34,286$35,769

Median home value

$91,400$100,000

Median gross rent

$716$407

Ohatchee

Population

1,4101,043

Median household income

$53,277$71,364

Median home value

$135,400$191,000

Median gross rent

$915$845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hobson City	Ohatchee
Under 5	4.6%	2.3%
5 to 17	27.2%	9.6%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.8%
25 to 34	8.5%	8.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	9.3%
45 to 54	15.8%	17.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	16.0%
65 to 74	7.0%	20.4%
75 and over	1.7%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hobson City	Ohatchee
White (non-Hispanic)	5.6%	95.8%
Black or African American	91.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hobson City	Ohatchee
No high school diploma	15.0%	14.2%
High school graduate	42.1%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hobson City	Ohatchee
Drove alone	72.1%	86.1%
Carpooled	11.4%	9.9%
Public transit	4.7%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	2.2%
Other means	2.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hobson City	Ohatchee
1-unit, detached	71.0%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	33.3%

Poverty & households

	Hobson City	Ohatchee
Poverty rate	27.2%	12.8%
Average household size	2.99	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1973	1988